Hong Kong visitor numbers rise as economy improves
Hong Kong - The number of visitors to Hong Kong rose in September as optimism over the improving economy and a series of holidays encouraged more people to travel, according to official figures released Wednesday. The city of 7 million, which has jus...
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US pilots lose licence after being lost on flight
Washington - Two airline pilots have had their licenses withdrawn after they overflew their destination and were lost for more than an hour while they were toying with their personal laptops, US federal aviation officials announced in Washington late...
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Five dead in crash of business jet in Belarus - Summary
Minsk - A private jet crashed late Monday near Minsk, killing the three crew members and two passengers aboard, Belarusian Transport Ministry officials said. The mid-sized aircraft, a British Aerospace BAe 125-800, was owned by private Russian charte...
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Sweden's Vasaloppet cross-country skiing race
Mora, Sweden - Almost 50,000 athletes are expected to take part in the longest cross-country skiing race in the world on March 7 next year in Mora, Sweden. The 90-kilometre-long Vasaloppet is the highpoint of more than 10 days of winter sport events....
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A romantic Christmas in Copenhagen
Copenhagen - The 19th century Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen once described Christmas time in his country as magnificent, incomparably magnificent. A visit to Copenhagen in the run-up to Christmas is proof that this has not changed with...
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Gdansk restores historic water fountainGdansk, Poland - The Polish city of Gdansk has completed work on a new fountain with 24 jets of water and four lion figures, the city's heraldic animal, in Grobil street. Before World War Two a fountain stood on...
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Istria challenges Tuscany to a duel of culinary delights
Porec, Croatia - Wine, olive oil, truffles and prosciutto are the weapons in a duel between the Croatian region of Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula in the Adriatic across from Venice, and Italy's tourist-mobbed Tuscany. We are aiming at artistically ...
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Report: Earth to pilots: Where were you?
Washington - Two Northwest Airlines passenger pilots who triggered a high security alert after failing to respond to ground controllers have told investigators they were distracted by their laptops, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The two me...
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